pontifical 音标拼音: [pɑnt'ɪfəkəl]
a . 罗马教皇的,主教的,祭司长的
n . 主教祭服及徽章,主教仪典书
罗马教皇的,主教的,祭司长的主教祭服及徽章,主教仪典书
pontifical adj 1 :
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles ; "
papal dispensation " [
synonym : {
papal }, {
apostolic }, {
apostolical },
{
pontifical }]
2 :
denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops [
synonym : {
episcopal }, {
pontifical }]
3 :
puffed up with vanity ; "
a grandiloquent and boastful manner ";
"
overblown oratory "; "
a pompous speech "; "
pseudo -
scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey "-
Newsweek [
synonym :
{
grandiloquent }, {
overblown }, {
pompous }, {
pontifical },
{
portentous }]
n 1 :
the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (
especially a bishop )
Pontifical \
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a . [
L .
pontificalis :
cf .
F .
pontifical .
See {
Pontiff }.]
1 .
Of or pertaining to a pontiff ,
or high priest ;
as ,
pontifical authority ;
hence ,
belonging to the pope ;
papal .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Of or pertaining to the building of bridges . [
R .]
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1913 Webster ]
Now had they brought the work by wondrous art Pontifical ,
a ridge of pendent rock Over the vexed abyss . --
Milton .
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Pontifical \
Pon *
tif "
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al \,
n . [
F .]
1 .
A book containing the offices ,
or formulas ,
used by a pontiff . --
South .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
pl .
The dress and ornaments of a pontiff . "
Dressed in full pontificals ." --
Sir W .
Scott .
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1913 Webster ]
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pontifical ":
apostolic ,
arrogant ,
bigoted ,
bloated ,
bombastic ,
conceited ,
doctrinaire ,
doctrinarian ,
dogmatic ,
dogmatizing ,
flatulent ,
formal ,
gassy ,
grandiloquent ,
important ,
inflated ,
magisterial ,
opinionated ,
opinionative ,
opinioned ,
oracular ,
papal ,
papish ,
papist ,
papistic ,
peremptory ,
pompous ,
popish ,
positive ,
positivistic ,
pronunciative ,
puffy ,
self -
important ,
self -
opinionated ,
self -
opinioned ,
solemn ,
stilted ,
stuffy ,
swollen ,
tumid ,
turgid
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